trying to make potion effect that saves player coords in 3 variables when effect applied but it doesnt wanna (2022.2)

okay so im trying to make this block code function upon being applied when receiving the effect and this is what it looks like ignore the test messages but do keep in mind that none of them show up in chat 

but for some reason it just doesnt apply at all? like it doesnt even send the first test message. it is in the "when effect started/applied" section since i only want it to save the coordinates once so that i can teleport the player back to them after the potion effect is over (potion effect causes player to be in spectator but i didnt want to let them use it to tp since its an item called "the all seeing eye" dropped from a boss covered in eyes) i have been trying to solve this for at least 2 hours now and am genuinely miserable because i just want this funny little feature to work :( also the effect expire of teleporting the player to the variable but converting the variable back to coords does work it just doesnt want to be changed so unless i somehow made all 3 of the variables constant just by setting them to number and global world then idk. why dont it just run the blocks i dont see anything wrong with them unless i need to put it in like active tick condition or something